schools and city offices will be on delay. it wasn't as bad as up north where people were hard hit. >> still the water has no place to go. when the ground gets that saturated it could lead to real problems. >> for more on where the storm is headed maria molina is here in the weather center. >> right now the certainty of sandy is about 90 miles to the west of vphiladelphia. it is holding itself together pretty well, though. maximum sustained winds at 65 miles per hour. you can see stronger gusts than that and also looking at possible gale force winds across central of the east and as far as portions of chicago. i want to read off a couple more reports for you. you guys mentioned 9 inches of rain across portions of virginia as well across delaware and wield wood new jersey. 11.62 inches of rain just shy of a foot of rain out there. basically we are seeing flooding ongoing across inland areas not just coastal areas. another big concern has been the storm surge across the new york city area specifically the battery area we see wid